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Definition of Rattails
1. rattail [n] - See also: rattail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rattails
Literary usage of Rattails
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1889)
"... necklace of rattails, her father with a spear, itc., and her mother with
something else. The young woman builds a hut, and they live together afterwards ..."
2. A Winter of Content by Laura Lee Davidson (1922)
"His greasy, black hair hung in rattails on the turned-up collar of a dingy red
sweater. He wore a ragged squirrel-skin cap, tail hanging down behind—which ..."
3. The how and why of Radio Apparatus: A Treatise on the Principles Underlying by Harry Winfield Secor (1920)
"This applies to the free end of the antenna; no jumper wire being required at
the opposite end, where the lead-in rattails are led off. ..."
4. Beyond the Golden Gate: Oceanography, Geology, Biology, and Environmental by Herman A. Karl (2001)
"Dover sole, sablefish, and rock- fish have this type of life history; however,
most species living deeper, such as rattails, deep-sea soles, ..."
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